The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-08
EUR0PES WILD ALARMS
A FRANCO-GERMAN WAR CoNsID-
Erred INEVITABLE.

Courtosies no Longer Exchanged by
the Frontier Post5-Gcrnar Excu--
sioni1ts Moobed at Belfort-Fr
Artisans Leaving the Frontier Towns
of Gernany-An Anui-Jewish Debate
- 4 Husso-Austrian Alliance Also
limited at.
TCopWighted 1887 by the associated Press.l
BERLIN, May 7.-The government finance
proposals SO far as developed are securing
the support Of compact majority in the
Rechstag. They are approved by the pub
liz. The spirit consumption bill will be
strongly opposed by the new German Lib
erals, but there is no symptom of discomfort
from any member Of the three government
groups. Distillers and the spirit trade gen
orally appear to be. satisfied, having
as vet sounded no note of agitation
against the proposals. The placidty of
the proceedings in the Reichstag was dis
turbed by single incident during a short
debate on the supplementary credits when
the article relating to army provisions and
supplies was being discussed. Herr Balcket,
an anti-Semitic Deputy. demanded that no
Jew be allowed tofulnish or contract to sup
ply the army with provisions, ammunition, or
any article whatever. He said the army did
not exist nor the country provide money In
order that Jews might enrich themselves.
TAKEN TO TASK.
Gen Won Schellendorff, Minister of War,
replied that the Deputy had referred to mat
tiers not within his knowledge.
Herr Struckmau National LiberaD de-
plored the reappedfance of the Jidenhitze.
Confessional Qualles should not be obtruded
the upon tribune of the ReichstaG.
Herr Balcket angrily responded that the
Jewish was in no sense a confessional ques-
ton, and was proceeding to deliver a set
speech when the President brought the dis
cl,ssion to q close by declaring that he could
not permit debate on the Jewish question.
The anti-German demonstrations in Paris
excite no feeling here, not even attracting
the attention of the German press or people
The North German Gazette has never re-
ferred to them. The National Zeit,tng
gives bold general dispatch. The Kreuz
Zeitung says mixed feelings of disgust and
pity are aroused by the present state of
France.
WAR BELIEVED INEVITABLE.
The conviction is gradually growing that
the efforts of those who undertook, by quiet
ness and common sense to refrain from add
ing to the popular passions will not last
long or be able to stem the tide The ex-
change of verbal assurances of peace be-
tween the German representative and N.
Flourens, the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, does not affect the belief in official
circles that war cannot be long averted
The situation in Alsace- Lorraine increases
the difficulty daily The frontier posts on
each side have ceased to exchange courte-
sizes, and act as if war might break out at
any moment. The police force in Alsace-
Lorraine has been strengthened, and a
special department watches the French NAL
contents. Under this system arrests and
explosions are increasing.
HUGGING THE LINES.
French artisans hitherto employed in from
tier towns are leaving, the French Consuls
sending them to France. The French frontier
populace indulge in a hunt after Germans
whenever they have a chance An incident
of this kind occurred at Belfort. A party
of German eXcursionists who made trip
from Frieburg to Belfort were mobbed as
soon as they were seen upon the public
promenade, being stoned and hooted at by
crowd. A detail of gendarmes had to es-
cort them to the station, where they were
guarded until their train started.
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
The North German Gazette and other
official organs continue the discussion of
the Austria-Russian agreement of 1887 re-
vealed through the Gazette The official
press of Vienna, being unable to deny the
accuracy Of the statement that the agree
ment covered an Austrian occupation
of Bosnia with Russian occupation
Of ConStantinople retains silence The
PeSther Lloyd, alone in an article inspired
by Count Andrassy, suggests that Prince
Bismarck was party TO the agreement, be-
sldeS afterwards arranging coalition to
arrest the progress of the Russians in the
Balkan peninsula. The discussion greatly
eXcltes diplomatic circles. The public asks
What the controversy means and why Prince
Bismarck now causes the agreement to be
divulged.
THE DIPLOMATIC INTERPRETATION.
The accepted diplomatic Interpretation is
mat Prince Bismarck aims 10 conciliate the
fan-Slavists by showing Germany did not